Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Astronomers have uncovered a unique process for how the universe’s largest elliptical galaxies continue making stars long after their peak years of star birth. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s exquisite high resolution and ultraviolet-light sensitivity allowed the astronomers to see brilliant knots of hot, blue stars forming[Read More…]
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Interior Department Selects Salt Lake City as Priority City to Connect Youth to the Great Outdoors
Part of Nationwide Commitment to Inspire Young People to Play, Learn, Serve, and Work on Public Lands SALT LAKE CITY –-(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. As part of the Interior Department’s leadership of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Outside initiative to engage the next generation of outdoor stewards and inspire millions[Read More…]
Forest Service Report: Rising Firefighting Costs Raises Alarms
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Aug. 5, 2015 — For the first time in its 110-year history, the Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is spending more than 50 percent of its budget to suppress the nation’s wildfires. A new report released today by the Forest Service estimates that within a decade,[Read More…]
After 14-Year Delay, OSHA Finally Proposes Lowering Legal Limit for Permissible Workplace Beryllium Exposure
Rule Would Save Some Workers’ Lives, But Still Leaves Too Many Unprotected WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Today, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a proposed rule to modernize the beryllium workplace exposure limit. OSHA’s announcement comes 14 years after Public Citizen first petitioned for stronger protections[Read More…]
Prestigious Study Found Heroin-Assisted Treatment Produces Benefits to Individuals and Society
Study Focused on Six Countries and Found Reductions in Illegal Drug Use, Crime and Health Care Costs Without Harming Public Safety; Nevada State Senate Considered Legislation for Heroin-Assisted Treatment Trial Project NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2015. A seminal review recently published in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry confirms that heroin-assisted[Read More…]
Parties to Restore Significant Habitat in Washington State River to Resolve Natural Resource Damage Liability at the Thea Foss Waterway
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. More than 56 parties have agreed to restore key salmon habitat on the White River, which flows through King and Pierce Counties in Washington State, to resolve their liability for natural resource damages caused by hazardous substances released into the Thea Foss and Wheeler-Osgood Waterways in[Read More…]
GAO Senate Testimony, Report Debunk Republican Criticism of Environmental Lawsuits
Trade, Industry Groups File 50 Percent More EPA Lawsuits Than Conservation Groups WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2015. In a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee, Alfredo Gómez of the Government Accountability Office testified today that lawsuits from environmental groups have a limited impact on the EPA’s funding and priorities,[Read More…]
Earthjustice Partners with Creative Action Network to Crowd-Source Art Celebrating Wolves
#JoinThePack focuses on wolves’ influence on culture while spreading awareness of threats to the species “Wolf Pack,” one of the Creative Action Network designs. Illustration by Matt Brass San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2015. Earthjustice, the nation’s premier nonprofit environmental law organization, is pleased to announce its #JoinThePack initiative, an[Read More…]
Federal Judge Enters Permanent Injunction Against Wisconsin Dietary Supplement Manufacturers
Atrium Inc., Aspen Group Inc. and Nutri-Pak of Wisconsin Inc. failed to follow FDA regulations Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2015. Three dietary supplement companies, under the same ownership and located in Wautoma, Wisconsin, will not be allowed to manufacture or sell dietary supplement products until FDA has determined that the[Read More…]
2015 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone ‘Above Average’
Heavy June rains, high July nutrient runoff levels likely cause for increased size Map showeing distribution of bottom-water dissolved oxygen from July 28 to August 3, west of the Mississippi River delta. Black lined areas — areas in red to deep red — have very little dissolved oxygen. (Data: Nancy[Read More…]
